Oh...love this update...

AND this is what the money, time, effort, fasting, and PRAYER do in the life of a child....

From Jessie's blog:  http://anyroadanycost.blogspot.com

A Light In The World

If you all don't know Lucy and Moses can I just introduce them again?! After a morning of meetings and sometimes feeling my my head may explode all I have to do is walk in the babies room. You step in and it's like a whole other world. There are precious little babies who stare at you, locking their eyes onto yours, never losing sight of where you are. I think, today especially, God knew right what I needed when I walked into that room. As I stepped in Lucy was standing in her crib looking the other way... I began to sing her name and she looked over, Y'ALL I wish I could post a video of the excitement that comes across her face!! I slowly move over to her, watching her laugh and smile and wiggle her feet, knowing that if she could she would be jumping for joy. I swoop her up and start talking to her, listening to her explain everything she's feeling, how her day is going, what she's had for lunch... I talk back to her as if I understand everything she's saying... today I would put money on it that she said "auntie"... I think that will come oh so soon... and I can hardly wait!
As I began walking around the room with her in my arms she began tapping my shoulder and pointing to her red chair. Ohhhh the infamous red chair... (it takes place as her walker until hers comes in a few weeks!!)

Little Lucy begs to start walking and since she doesn't have her shoes on I make sure to keep a hold on her while she begins to walk. I am pretty sure she is walking faster everyday, or she was just in a hurry to get out of the room. :) As we made our round in the dining room and halls we make our way back to her room. Cari is also in the room playing with Moses. It was the first time I had ever seen little Moses smile. That was another gift from God, if only I could have caught that on camera too.

As we are making our way back to her bed she begins playing "push the chair over, and Cari pick it up" she thought it was SO funny and was almost crying she was laughing so hard, then all of a sudden she snorted the biggest snort I have ever heard from a child's mouth. Cari and I died laughing, as did Lucy.
She is such a gift from God. Such a light and such a story of a life that can be saved. For 2 years we prayed and all we could do was to put our trust in God. Just like Lucy is a light in this world God shines even brighter, over all of us. I have realized that by being here, I haven't felt the presence of God before like I have when I am here. It's impossible to stumble when we are walking in His light. In times of fear, in times of doubt, in times of struggling thoughts, the Lord melts them with HIS LIGHT. I have seen darkness, it has tried to take place of the light, it can creep in so fast when you stray away from Him. My prayer tonight is to continue to pray for Lucy, continue to pray for TRS, continue to pray for every child in our care that they may know God and see his marvelous light.

This was Lucy 2 years ago when we found her.

This is Lucy today.


(Be expecting a picture of her during praise and worship sometime soon. Her little hands raised in the air and her clapping with joy. What an amazing child of God she is.)